326 Billion Reasons Africa Is On The Move

When the new, expanded Suez Canal was inaugurated on August 6, the world marveled at the endeavor and single-mindedness that had born — and bored — 72 kilometers of new waterways through the Egyptian earth.

The $8 billion project was initially scheduled to take three years, but was completed in one. Three quarters of the world’s dredgers and 41,000 workers, operating around the clock, moved half a trillion cubic meters of earth by June this year — the equivalent of 200 Great Pyramids — meaning the canal will raise $13 billion annually by 2023 according to government projections.

But whilst the numbers are mind-boggling, they’re a drop in the ocean when it comes to major…READ MORE